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And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.
And don't confound the language of the nation
With long-tailed words in osity and ation.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
Thou whoreson zed, thou unnecessary letter!
What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to read more
What if you could be anything, or anybody, you chose to be? Think about it. What would you choose to be?
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
To have another language is to possess a second soul.
Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
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Grammar, which knows how to lord it over kings, and with high
hands makes them obey its laws.
[Fr., La grammaire, qui sait regenter jusqu'aux rois,
Et les fait, la main haute, obeir a ses lois.]
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.
One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.
One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.